8.9 Quake hits near Northeastern Coast of Japan

[InRareForm]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42023385/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

[JayTheClown]

Damn, hope this doesn't effect the PS4 coming out. That shit would suck.

[IronMaxipad]

Live stream
http://www.justin.tv/live_news#/w/948725776/17

[IronMaxipad]

http://i.imgur.com/gp1QJ.jpg

[IronMaxipad]

Earthquake upgraded to an 8.8 holy shit

[redzero]

Godzilla is coming back!

[InRareForm]

:( man, the earth is going crazy over there.

[MannyIsGod]

8.8 is an incredibly strong quake. They basically don't get much stronger. Tsunami warnings out for Hawaii. They won't know shit for hours there though.

[IronMaxipad]

The whole Pacific is under tsunami warning

Possible 32 Feet High Tsunami

[CubanSucks]

http://i.imgur.com/gp1QJ.jpg

nice shoes tbh

[IronMaxipad]

http://i.imgur.com/nFa83.jpg

[IronMaxipad]

nice shoes tbh
:lol

they're all rocking Nikes

[MannyIsGod]

Holy shit is that a shot of the tsunami? Jesus Christ if so.

[IronMaxipad]

^ yeah

apparently this is the biggest earthquake in japan ever.

[MannyIsGod]

I can only think of 2 or 3 more powerful off the top of my head.

[IronMaxipad]

http://i.imgur.com/lMRro.jpg

[MannyIsGod]

Only six ever stronger according to this list.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_earthquakes#Largest_earthquakes_by_magnit ude

[IronMaxipad]

http://i.imgur.com/lMRro.jpg

There were cars under this bridge.. :wow

[JayTheClown]

Only six ever stronger according to this list.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_earthquakes#Largest_earthquakes_by_magnit ude

Thats fucking crazy

[IronMaxipad]

http://i.imgur.com/BE3SM.jpg

[MannyIsGod]

Well, I just saw the footage that those screen shots are from. Going to be a long night in Hawaii now that they do know for a fact there was a Tsunami generated.

[IronMaxipad]

Fuck upgraded again 8.9

[MannyIsGod]

Upgraded to 8.9.

[MannyIsGod]

Holy shit some of this footage is just like Indonesia all over again.

[IronMaxipad]

Live tsunami holy shit

[redzero]

What will happen to all the pocky and anime?

[Sisk]

Holy shit. This live footage on CNN of the tsunami is unreal. Terrifying...

[IronMaxipad]

http://i.imgur.com/qwVG6.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Uwyik.jpg

[Capt Bringdown]

Watching NHK World here in Thailand, they just showed helicopter footage of a massive water surge charging up a river in what looks like a rural area. Buildings, cars being engulfed and swept away.
Then they cut away...

[IronMaxipad]

Tsunami is on fire

[Capt Bringdown]

God, this is so horrible...

[IronMaxipad]

Damn the live feed is unreal

[IronMaxipad]

It's like a fuckin movie

[TE]

wow unbelievable

[MannyIsGod]

Watching NHK World here in Thailand, they just showed helicopter footage of a massive water surge charging up a river in what looks like a rural area. Buildings, cars being engulfed and swept away.
Then they cut away...

There was someone in a car down there driving - I hope they managed to get the fuck away. Its fucking surreal.

[4>0rings]

2012 happening... RECOGNIZE MOTHER FUCKERS!!!!

[redzero]

This is great material for another Godspeed You! Black Emperor album.

[MannyIsGod]

This is going to be such a shit storm for Japan and anyplace else that gets hit. I wonder how the west coast will be affected.

[IronMexican]

This is great material for another Godspeed You! Black Emperor album.

Now I want to listen to F# A#.

[Pistons < Spurs]

wow.... looks like another big wave is approaching the shore

[MannyIsGod]

Holy shit is this the 2nd one??!!?!?

[Pistons < Spurs]

there's like 2 or 3 in a row getting ready to hit

[IronMaxipad]

There's another wave coming. Shit look at those people trying to drive away

[IronMaxipad]

That wave is fuckin huge

[The Reckoning]

kind of sad watching a newstream of people about to die and then advertisements pop up all over the screen

[TE]

Wow, poor people.

[MannyIsGod]

Hopefully the worst is over for Japan.

[IronMaxipad]

I'm hearing tokyo is safe

[IronMaxipad]

The airport damn

[oh crap]

nuts

[IronMaxipad]

oh shit people on the roof

[TE]

The worst is fortunately over, I believe.


The bad part about these type of disasters is that there are no set contingency plans because things like this rarely happen in comparison to other natural disasters.

[Sisk]

Are the waves done with for Japan? I believe there have been 2 now.

[IronMaxipad]

Oil refinery is on fire damn

[Sisk]

Oil refinery is on fire damn

fucking a...

[oh crap]

fire looks crazy

[IronMaxipad]

Tsunami warning for san fransisco

[Capt Bringdown]

Even Hawaii is on tsunami alert. Hope the folks in Guam, Wake Island etc have time to get to safety.

[usdane]

Check out CNN for details

[MannyIsGod]

Even Hawaii is on tsunami alert. Hope the folks in Guam, Wake Island etc have time to get to safety.

They have hours before they would even say a single wave. Around 3am in the morning for Hawaii.

[MannyIsGod]

Also, our coverage here in the US fucking sucks now. I'm actually watching the Al Jazera English feed online because its better than watching CNN

[IronMaxipad]

Tsunami Watch for Caifornia coast

[Sisk]

"Flooded with tweets" - cnn chick

Nice word usage............

[IronMaxipad]

CNN is garbage wtf..
"OMG i'm like totally flooded with tweets.."

Master troll tbh :lol

[LnGrrrR]

Thanks USDane. I'm watching the updates, but I think we're (barely) out of the tsunami hazard area.

[Pistons < Spurs]

4danlopez Dan Lopez
TSUNAMI WARNING FOR MEXICO, SOUTH AMERICA AND HAWAII.

[IronMaxipad]

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center just upgraded to from high risk to severe risk.

http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/index.php

[Pistons < Spurs]

@BreakingNews: Japan update:Five nuclear plants shut down in Japan after quake, tsunami waves continue to hit - BBC"

[MannyIsGod]

Pretty much if it touches the pacific theres a watch. Very few places with a warning right now though.

[IronMexican]

redzero, you make det GY!BE thread on /mu/?

[MannyIsGod]

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center just upgraded to from high risk to severe risk.

http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/index.php

One guy on the air for AJE that was a scientist at that center noted that some of the wave heights they were reading away from shore were 1-3m which he said was shockingly high for a wave far from shore.

[BoricuaCJA]

Wow that is terrible. The pictures are incredible, watching buildings floating on the water and cars. My prayers go out to everyone over there.

[usdane]

Thanks USDane. I'm watching the updates, but I think we're (barely) out of the tsunami hazard area.

I know it was just a fyi. I guess your more concerned with flooding in New England these days.

[Cry Havoc]

Crazy. One of the largest quakes in recent world history.

[Hemotivo]

omg

[LnGrrrR]

I know it was just a fyi. I guess your more concerned with flooding in New England these days.

Uhm... I live in Honolulu. :lol

[Cry Havoc]

People from Japan stating that the Earthquake was over 3 minutes long.

[TE]

Total chaos.

[Cry Havoc]

Uhm... I live in Honolulu. :lol

What makes you think you're out of the tsunami zone?

[usdane]

Uhm... I live in Honolulu. :lol

:lol In that case run for higher ground :toast

[LnGrrrR]

What makes you think you're out of the tsunami zone?

Checking the evacuation zones on the map. From the looks of it, the evac zones are relatively shallow. (Then again, maybe it's because I'm used to the much larger fucking hurricane evac zones after living in MS... natural disaster follows me.)

Then again, you never know. They say the wave is going to hit at 3 AM. Maybe it will be like last year, where they hyped up a possible wave that was about as bad as high tide.

[IronMaxipad]

600 students at a graduation party where the roof caved in, damn.

[redzero]

redzero, you make det GY!BE thread on /mu/?

... maybe.

[LnGrrrR]

Worse comes to worse, I'll go up to the second floor and call the boss to see if I still have to go to work. Maybe we'll get out of the monthly "Warrior Run" :lol

[Cry Havoc]

It really depends, LNGrrrR. If the faulting occurred from a N-S fault, you're probably going to get hit pretty hard. If it's an E-W fault, you'll likely be ok.

[IronMexican]

... maybe.

Hahah

[Pistons < Spurs]

I should have been in bed an hour ago but I can't pull myself away from the tsunami coverage

[Cry Havoc]

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/?foo2?

Live feed. Tsunami starting to wash ashore in places now. Looks bad.

[LnGrrrR]

It really depends, LNGrrrR. If the faulting occurred from a N-S fault, you're probably going to get hit pretty hard. If it's an E-W fault, you'll likely be ok.

Can't be any worse than Katrina... :lol

But yeah, looks like it will be a long night... blah.

[Cry Havoc]

Holy shit it looks bad.

[BoricuaCJA]

Checking the evacuation zones on the map. From the looks of it, the evac zones are relatively shallow. (Then again, maybe it's because I'm used to the much larger fucking hurricane evac zones after living in MS... natural disaster follows me.)

Then again, you never know. They say the wave is going to hit at 3 AM. Maybe it will be like last year, where they hyped up a possible wave that was about as bad as high tide.
You never know. So be careful and hopefully it doesn't get bad over there.

[The Reckoning]

run LnGrrrR run!!!

better yet, get in your jet and high tail it to canada

[oh crap]

holy shit...

[LnGrrrR]

run LnGrrrR run!!!

It's a fucking island... where am I supposed to run to? :lmao

Maybe I can go into one of the Hatches from Lost... those looked pretty secure...

[Pistons < Spurs]

http://images1.cpcache.com/product/97195621v23_480x480_Front.jpg

[usdane]

We can only hope that the population had some kind of warning this time.

[Cry Havoc]

http://i.imgur.com/1vQQU.jpg

Dear god.

[MannyIsGod]

http://www.538host.com/japaneq.png

Most of the population in Japan is away from the location of the quake so that probably explains all the farmland that you saw on those video feeds.

[Cry Havoc]

You're looking at t-minus 5 hours before the tsunami hits you, LnG.

[redzero]

BihjWa47WuM

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

Be safe LnG

[Sisk]

I should have been in bed an hour ago but I can't pull myself away from the tsunami coverage

Me too.

[4>0rings]

The footage of the tsunami overtaking cars hauling ass... wow.... just so sad.

[IronMexican]

Sad stuff. Reminds me of that time I went Super Saiyan, and destroyed Namek with my sheer strength.

[oh crap]

same here

[Cry Havoc]

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/255931570.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1299830920&Signature=QkcfrSc9bJcNQkhRbgy0AVJsxk8%3D

[IronMexican]

BihjWa47WuM

I see we're in the same thread. 8.9 BNM.

[redzero]

I see we're in the same thread. 8.9 BNM.

Tsunami of the year all years.

[LnGrrrR]

Be safe LnG

Thanks 41. Feel bad for the Japanese people. Natural disasters suck, and they're something you'll never forget.

[usdane]

People have no chance if they are in it's way.

[MannyIsGod]

katrina didnt have a lot of aftershocks so theres really no comparison but the terrain of houston/new orleans is much different than that of japan and outerlying cities.

For all the effort you put out you're terrible. If I tried as hard as you do to be funny but failed the way you do I would probably just eat a gun.

[LnGrrrR]

There go the warning sirens...

[Pistons < Spurs]

komonews
Tsunami WATCH for U.S. West Coast; potential wave arrival at 7:05 a.m., according to NWS in Seattle.

[IronMexican]

For all the effort you put out you're terrible. If I tried as hard as you do to be funny but failed the way you do I would probably just eat a gun.

lol 30 days of being nice.

[IronMaxipad]

Hawaii turned its tsunami sirens on

[Cry Havoc]

Unreal.

[redzero]

alwaysbetonblack does try to hard. Who is this guy anyway?

[Cry Havoc]

There go the warning sirens...

o_O

What time are they anticipating the impact?

[jeebus]

Just talked to one of my old supervisors in Northern Japan, said everything's fine over there but everyone is still going ape shit.

[Pistons < Spurs]

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/03/11/lhvpd9/01/ttvulhvpd9-01.jpg

[Lonny]

Incredible stuff here.

[L.I.T]

Thankfully for the Philippines, looks like the tsunamis will be hitting the less populated coastal areas, but evacuations have started already.

But we're all following very closely in Japan. Unbelievable.

[IronMaxipad]

disneyland

http://p.ybt.jp/ppxsatoxqq/4d79cb3575f05.jpg

[Lonny]

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/03/11/lhvpd9/01/ttvulhvpd9-01.jpg
any chance that is modified?

[Lonny]

This needs to be merged with the proper thread in the Club asap

[TE]

Thankfully for the Philippines, looks like the tsunamis will be hitting the less populated coastal areas, but evacuations have started already.

But we're all following very closely in Japan. Unbelievable.

Stay safe.

[Sisk]

lol 30 days of being nice.

:lmao

[IronMaxipad]

San Fran tsunami warning down graded to just a tsunami watch

[IronMaxipad]

Look at this car

http://i.imgur.com/nc3Ej.jpg

[oh crap]

that fire is insane

[Cry Havoc]

any chance that is modified?

Why would you think so?

[TE]

Man, I hope the death toll isn't as high as it probably will be.

[IronMaxipad]

http://i.imgur.com/4rRmF.jpg

[BRHornet45]

pray sons pray

[TE]

http://i.imgur.com/4rRmF.jpg

Wow. :wow

[Buddy Holly]

Biggest earthquake to hit Japan in 300 years.

[ezau]

Shit

[usdane]

I was in Samoa just after they got hit by a Tsunami in 2009. It destroyed houses 60 feet up the hillsides. I have never seen anything like it.

[Beau]

All the best to you, the Mrs. and the little one, LnGrrrR. Y'all stay safe - that goes out to all y'all in harm's way.

[TE]

8.9........I can't begin to imagine how strong that is.


100 times stronger than the Earthquake in Haiti.

5th strongest EVER.

Damn.

[TE]

Uhm... I live in Honolulu. :lol

Stay safe man.

[L.I.T]

Stay safe.

Thanks. Thankfully, it looks like my area is relatively safe. We're worried about east coast area which are some of the poorer regions. So very little resources to combat disasters.

Best to LnGrrrR and his family.

[Cry Havoc]

8.9........I can't begin to imagine how strong that is.


100 times stronger than the Earthquake in Haiti.

5th strongest EVER.

Damn.

Tied for 7th presently, as there are several that are tied for 4th.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_earthquakes#Largest_earthquakes_by_magnit ude

[Axe Murderer]

why are 30 posts deleted?

was someone being a douche?

[IronMaxipad]

http://latimesphoto.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/la-fg-earthquake01.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/VYXN3.png

http://i.imgur.com/YdMcI.png

[Axe Murderer]

where are yall getting these pictures from?

[IronMaxipad]

Russia is about to get hit

[IronMaxipad]

Hawaii is gonna get hit at 330 am local time. People are evacuating up to the sixth floor in hotels

[IronMaxipad]

after shocks
http://i.imgur.com/elhXY.jpg

[ezau]

8.9........I can't begin to imagine how strong that is.


100 times stronger than the Earthquake in Haiti.

5th strongest EVER.

Damn.

:wow:wow:wow

[IronMaxipad]

there's people in these cars damn
http://i.imgur.com/Pxwo6.jpg

[Cry Havoc]

"Imminent strong quake" warning now for Honshu island just called on by the Japanese Geological department. Sounds like one of the strongest aftershocks yet.

[redzero]

The town Kurihara is gone.

[IronMaxipad]

Hotel has collapsed in Sendai (due to Tsuanmi), many feared dead - Sky News

[IronMaxipad]

Japan has issued warning for another imminent strong earthquake in northeast.

[usdane]

http://www.livestation.com/ good online link for this.

[IronMaxipad]

Bay area tsunami watch upgraded to warning

[redzero]

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/6888/1299833365196.jpg (http://img856.imageshack.us/i/1299833365196.jpg/)

[IronMaxipad]

better than cnn
http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

[IronMaxipad]

http://i.imgur.com/tOsHy.png

[LnGrrrR]

Staying up all night it looks like. I'll let you guys know how things go in Honolulu...

[usdane]

Tsunami apparently higher than some of the pacific islands it will hit.

[LnGrrrR]

Tsunami apparently higher than some of the pacific islands it will hit.

Blah. We support Wake Island's comm too... and I'm on call this week.

Then again, hard to complain about working the weekend when you see what happened to Japan.

[IronMaxipad]

Staying up all night it looks like. I'll let you guys know how things go in Honolulu...

Did the sirens go off? I heard that they're making people in the hotels to evacuate up to at least the sixth floor.

[usdane]

Staying up all night it looks like. I'll let you guys know how things go in Honolulu...

Hopefully it's not to bad by the time it hit Hawaii. But your doing the right thing. Better to be safe than sorry.

God Bless your family and you.

[IronMaxipad]

Tsunami WATCH for California coast. ETA of initial wave is 8:08 am San Francisco, 8:17 Santa Barbara, 8:32 San Pedro, 8:41 La Jolla.

[Slomo]

Staying up all night it looks like. I'll let you guys know how things go in Honolulu...

:tu

Good Luck to you and everybody in Hawaii.

[ezau]

Blah. We support Wake Island's comm too... and I'm on call this week.

Then again, hard to complain about working the weekend when you see what happened to Japan.

Stay safe LN

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

wow to all this
LngrrrRr i will be thinking about you

[LnGrrrR]

All the best to you, the Mrs. and the little one, LnGrrrR. Y'all stay safe - that goes out to all y'all in harm's way.

Thanks to all the well-wishers. I'm relatively optimistic, but only because I have to be; the wife always flips out about stuff like this. :lol

[usdane]

http://i.imgur.com/tOsHy.png

What the fuck is that. Looks like the ocean flushing like a toilet.

[IronMaxipad]

Rise in sea-level on pacific coast

[LnGrrrR]

Did the sirens go off? I heard that they're making people in the hotels to evacuate up to at least the sixth floor.

Yeah, the sirens went off at 9:58 our time.

People are walking around downtown like f'ing idiots. :lol

[usdane]

Yeah, the sirens went off at 9:58 our time.

People are walking around downtown like f'ing idiots. :lol

Seems like a good time to brake out that 25 year old scotch:toast

[IronMaxipad]

Yeah, the sirens went off at 9:58 our time.

People are walking around downtown like f'ing idiots. :lol

haha probably tourist that have no clue wtf is going on. stay safe dude

[IronMaxipad]

Evacuate all coastal areas immediately, Hawaii Civil Defense says

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/117783848.html

[IronMaxipad]

tsunami warning for bay area "imminent"

[LnGrrrR]

Sirens going off again.

[007nites]

San Francisco is under warning. 8:00am arrival

[IronMaxipad]

4.5 quake in Hawaii?

[LnGrrrR]

4.5 quake in Hawaii?

We had one last week/few days ago or so, yeah. Not super noticeable.

[IronMaxipad]

Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant's cooling system not working. Emergency state announced.

shit

[usdane]

Entire West coast of America and Canada under Tsunami warning

[The 4cc Dictionary]

....

[IronMaxipad]

San Fran wave is only gonna be 1.5 feet

[usdane]

UPDATE: #Tsunami (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Tsunami) watch has been upgraded to a warning for SoCal and Central coast. People in coastal area should prepare for possible evac

http://twitter.com/abc7

[IronMaxipad]

'According to Hawaii radio, the latest speculation by the "experts" is a 6 foot wave arriving at the islands at the speed of a plane. Crazy shit.'

[LnGrrrR]

Latest prediction on max wave height seems to be 6 ft.

[LnGrrrR]

And due to busy phone lines, I can't even get in touch with the boss to see what's going on for work tomorrow.

[IronMaxipad]

The two biggest cruiseliners queen mary 2 and queen elizabeth are both in japanese waters

mary 2 is online and semes ok but the elizabeth has lost its live feed, its just off the coast of taiwan

[IronMaxipad]

Al Jazeera also reports the tsunami that hit Sendai airport was 10 meters high.

[IronMaxipad]

The top of the Tokyo Tower is BENT

http://i51.tinypic.com/243nmut.jpg

http://twitpic.com/48epaq

[IronMaxipad]

Reuters: Fire at nuclear plant in Northeast Japan.

[Johnny RIngo]

The wave's are supposed to be comin up on Taiwan and the Philipines real soon. Though, they say you won't know if the areas will be affected until at least two hours after the estimated arrival time.

[IronMaxipad]

airport

http://i.imgur.com/XCGBT.jpg

[LnGrrrR]

Sirens again... guessing it's going to go off every hour at the quarter past mark.

[frodo]

terrorist attack imho. they detonated a hydrogen bomb there under the water

[baseline bum]

Tsunami of the year all years.

This tsunami is as about as big as a tsunami caused directly by a quake can theoretically get, but landslides can cause much much larger ones. The highest ever recorded was about 1700 feet in Lituya Bay, Alaska when a huge section of a mountain and glacier collapsed into the bay after a large earthquake.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Lituya_Bay_overview.jpg

It's a very real possibility in the next few thousand years that the east coast of the US gets wiped out a tsunami like that one above when one of the Canary Islands that is splitting apart breaks off into the sea.

[Winehole23]

Japan was struck by its strongest earthquake (http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2011/eq_110311_c0001xgp/neic_c0001xgp_l.html) in at least a century, an 8.9-magnitude temblor that shook buildings across Tokyo and unleashed a tsunami as high as 10 meters, engulfing towns along the northern coast.
At least 26 people were killed by the 33-foot wave and many are missing, according to state broadcaster NHK Television, which showed footage of waves sweeping away buildings and vehicles as far as 1.5 kilometers inland. Airports were closed and bullet train services suspended. More than 4 million homes are without power, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.



The Philippines (http://topics.bloomberg.com/philippines/), Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (http://topics.bloomberg.com/papua-new-guinea/) were among more than 20 countries bracing for a possible tsunami, after the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center raised an alert. The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning for the entire U.S. west coast. Sirens were sounded and coastal areas evacuated in Hawaii (http://topics.bloomberg.com/hawaii/), the Associated Press (http://topics.bloomberg.com/associated-press/) reported.


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-11/tokyo-buildings-shaken-by-7-9-earthquake-highest-tsunami-warning-issued.html

[baseline bum]

Crazy footage here:

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

[Winehole23]

5 a.m. ET: A tsunami warning has been issued for the entire Pacific basin except for the mainland United States and Canada following the huge earthquake that hit Japan on Friday, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/11/6243734-live-blog-huge-tsunami-hits-japan-after-89-quake

[Winehole23]

what experts believe is world's fifth biggest quake since 1900ibid

[Winehole23]

http://news.asiaone.com/A1MEDIA/news/03Mar11/20110311.184536_japan_quake_ann.jpg

http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20110311-267622.html

[The Gemini Method]

I had a couple relatives that were lost and never found in Thailand after the Dec. 24th 2004 earthquake and subsequent tsunami. The ones that did survive and experienced that one said it sounded like a thousand jets as it came barreling through Phuket. Sad news indeed...

[Yonivore]

Devastating.


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Tt_G3VOnlas sGBD4SwnNHg

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God help them.

[Halberto]

If any country is prepared for something like this its Japan.

I've been pulling an all nighter writing a Japanese paper and this happens. Kind of eerie...

[Halberto]

This tsunami is as about as big as a tsunami caused directly by a quake can theoretically get, but landslides can cause much much larger ones. The highest ever recorded was about 1700 feet in Lituya Bay, Alaska when a huge section of a mountain and glacier collapsed into the bay after a large earthquake.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Lituya_Bay_overview.jpg

It's a very real possibility in the next few thousand years that the east coast of the US gets wiped out a tsunami like that one above when one of the Canary Islands that is splitting apart breaks off into the sea.


The reason the Lituya Bay tsunami was so high was because of the displacement of water was confined. It's analogous to dropping a bowling ball in a bath tub as opposed to a pond. Nevertheless, the Canary Islands event will make the Sumatran tsunami look weak.

[LnGrrrR]

10 to 15 minutes away.

[LnGrrrR]

10 to 15 mins away from it hitting here.

[LnGrrrR]

Two morons just sitting on Waikiki beach, the newscasters are frustrated.

[lefty]

Two morons just sitting on Waikiki beach, the newscasters are frustrated.

Eah I saw them on CNN

[LnGrrrR]

:lol Police helicopter telling them to GTFO. Idiots.

That said, I wouldn't be half surprised if we got no waves whatsoever and I stayed up all night for jack squat.

[Frenzy]

Nothing but warnings actually.

[JudynTX]

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/waikiki-beach-surf

Total devastation in Japan. :(

[baseline bum]

Any news from Hawaii, LnGrrrR?

[DarrinS]

10 to 15 mins away from it hitting here.


Be safe.

[BlackSwordsMan]

You live in japan lngrr?

[BlackSwordsMan]

Any news from Hawaii, LnGrrrR?

oh

[carina_gino20]

1-3.3 feet waves have hit some coastal cities in the Philippines. No damage thus far.

[Cry Havoc]

"As early as 426 BC, the Greek historian Thucydides inquired in his book History of the Peloponnesian War (3.89.1-6) about the causes of tsunamis. He argued rightly that it could only be explained as a consequence of ocean earthquakes, and could see no other possible causes for the phenomenon."

That's some fucking impressive sciencing right there.

[sook]

What the fuck is that. Looks like the ocean flushing like a toilet.

well we all know how earthquakes are generated. as the two plates collide, you get a subduction zone due to differences in density of the crust. Thats how crust is destroyed, it basically gets recycled . but in sub zone the more dense one sinks down into earths mantle, I'm guessing that creates some sort of a vacuum to say the least as it does look like a toilet.

[Slomo]

...

That's some fucking impressive sciencing right there.



Yep,

Except that after hearing this the other Greeks proceeded to stone him to death while mocking him, since everybody knows that Tsunamis are caused by giant serpents that spawn out of Poseidon's asshole every time he eats too much spicy Thai food. :p:

[RandomGuy]

This tsunami is as about as big as a tsunami caused directly by a quake can theoretically get, but landslides can cause much much larger ones. The highest ever recorded was about 1700 feet in Lituya Bay, Alaska when a huge section of a mountain and glacier collapsed into the bay after a large earthquake.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Lituya_Bay_overview.jpg

It's a very real possibility in the next few thousand years that the east coast of the US gets wiped out a tsunami like that one above when one of the Canary Islands that is splitting apart breaks off into the sea.

You can also have massive landslindes under water as well that do similar things during earthquakes.

[ALVAREZ6]

:wow :wow :wow


8.9 is extremely strong :wow

[TeyshaBlue]

The kenetic energy contained in a wall of water moving at 800kph must be stupefying.:wow

[lefty]

I blame HAARP



TBH

[mrsmaalox]

Alamo Heights High School band is in Honolulu. They've been camped out on the 14th floor of their hotel for hours now...

[Cry Havoc]

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream/3&hpt=T1

Tsunami about to strike Cali here. Ocean is receding as we speak.

[RandomGuy]

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream/3&hpt=T1

Tsunami about to strike Cali here. Ocean is receding as we speak.

AP says it is due to hit between 11 and 11:30am EST, or 8am to 8:30 PST.

Still have another hour?

[MannyIsGod]

lol 30 days of being nice.
Lol well I guess that bullshit is over. Fuck.

[Muser]

Oh man fuck that, the videos are shocking.

[Libri]

Someone jogging on that CNN live feed. They need to get the hell out of there.

[Muser]

8.9 is just fucking insane, it looks like something out of The Day After Tomorrow.

[ashbeeigh]

MSNBC says waves have hit Oregon coast.

[lefty]

http://images2.memegenerator.net/ImageMacro/5002635/lol-see-you-in-2012.jpg?imageSize=Large&generatorName=Advice-God

[coyotes_geek]

Uh-oh.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110311/wl_nm/us_quake_japan_iaea_statement

[Cry Havoc]

Waiting game to see how big the tsunami is in Cali.

[MannyIsGod]

Should not be larger than 3 feet. 5 feet has been the largest recorded wave size outside of Japan so far.

[lefty]

Uh-oh.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110311/wl_nm/us_quake_japan_iaea_statement
Radiations?

Earth = fucked

[lefty]

Waiting game to see how big the tsunami is in Cali.
Shouldnt be huge

Probably some "leftovers"

[Cry Havoc]

Should not be larger than 3 feet. 5 feet has been the largest recorded wave size outside of Japan so far.

Hawaii has confirmed reports of 7 feet and unconfirmed of 12.

[MannyIsGod]

Links?

[lefty]

If yellowstone blows, we'll be screwed no matter where wego. The whole planet would go into nuclear winter, or so the speculation states.

[Cry Havoc]

Links?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/11/tsunami/index.html?hpt=T1

"Tsunami brought waves of nearly 7 feet to a harbor in Maui, authorities said, but other areas reported lower levels."

The 12 feet is from an interview with a source on Hawaii who said that the sea level station measured a 12 foot wave, but it wasn't confirmed by anyone on shore.

[baseline bum]

If yellowstone blows, we'll be screwed no matter where wego. The whole planet would go into nuclear winter, or so the speculation states.

'Eh, if you're within 1000 miles you'd die from pneumonia as your lungs filled with blood from being sliced up by the shards of volcanic glass in the ash you'd be breathing, so you wouldn't have to worry about starvation.

[Libri]

Here are some images. :wow

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/03/earthquake-in-japan/100022/

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Manny getting upset and wanting proof when his calculations and complex algorithms are toppled 3 minutes later.

I believe that's a "drats" moment :lol

[Viva Las Espuelas]

If yellowstone blows, we'll be screwed no matter where wego. The whole planet would go into nuclear winter, or so the speculation states.

Yeah. We'd all have to learn to collectively kiss our asses goodbye......quick.

[baseline bum]

Yeah. We'd all have to learn to collectively kiss our asses goodbye......quick.

A similar volcano (Toba) is thought to have brought the human population down to 5,000 or so when it erupted 70,000 years ago.

[MannyIsGod]

Manny getting upset and wanting proof when his calculations and complex algorithms are toppled 3 minutes later.

I believe that's a "drats" moment :lol

huh?